Julien Fournié Haute Couture Spring 2011: Vibrant & Fun

January 25, 2011 Chanel Haute Couture Spring 2011 Inspiration: Paintings of Marie Laurencin WWD reported that Karl Lagerfeld was inspired by the paintings of Marie Laurencin , namely the portrait she did of Mademoiselle Chanel, for the Spring 2011 Haute Couture collection. The portrait of...

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Today, Chanel presented the Spring 2011 Haute Couture collection at the Pavillon Cambon Capucines. Inspired by the paintings of Marie Laurencin, notably a portrait of Mlle. Chanel . The soft pastel colors, especially pinks and greys were brought to life from the paintings...

, who has a penchant of naming his collection with the word "FIRST" in the title, wittingly called his Spring 2012 collection, "First Ecstasy" which he philosophically explained that when "the quest for physical pleasure begins is where freedom is born."
With "First Ecstasy", Julien Fournié...

There was less pomp and circumstance and more of an extension of Chanel's typical ready-to-wear collection in the spring Haute Couture collection. Interesting. . .
To view a slideshow of the collection, including Vanessa Paradis arriving for the show, please click here .
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Galliano's saluted René Gruau, the illustrator whose work for Christian Dior in the forties and fifties created the house's most iconic imagery, in this Couture Spring 2011 collection. The graphite smears, pencil strokes and scribbles, erasure marks and gouache washes of Gruau's illustrations...

I get the feeling that Riccardo Tisci is fighting some kind of sartorial fight in his couture collections? His meticulously sewn and embroidered looks seem ready to come to life and fight for their sartorial rights. Or more.
The work of an artistically tormented soul, Riccardo Tisci ‘s...

I get the feeling that Riccardo Tisci is fighting some kind of sartorial fight in his couture collections? His meticulously sewn and embroidered looks seem ready to come to life and fight for their sartorial rights. Or more.
The work of an artistically tormented soul, Riccardo Tisci‘s...

For Fall 2014, Julien Fournié has been inspired by black & white movies of Maria Casarès and the surrealist cinematic style of David Lynch. Add the color palette of German Neue Sachlichkeit artist, and what you see is a couture direction that breaks new ground in its simplicity.
With Julien...

For Chanel haute couture spring 2011 Largerfeld brought about a distinct shift from the almost overbearing opulence of past shows at the Grand Palais and the jaw dropping ability of each look to surpass and out-do the last, to a collection that somehow felt wearable and highly accesible....